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Class Struggles

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ISBN-10: 1405801387

ISBN-13: 9781405801386

Edition: 2006

Authors: Dennis L. Dworkin

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In the 1960s and 1970s the study of history and sociology was heavily influenced by Marxism and theories of class. But the collapse of Communism and significant changes in culture and society threw the study of class into crisis. Its most basic premises were called into question. More recently accelerating globalisation, proliferating multinational corporations and unbridled free-market capitalism have given the study of class a new significance and caused historians and sociologists to revisit the debate. This book looks at the changes that caused the crisis in the study of class and shows how new, vibrant theories have appeared that will drive forward our understanding of history and…    
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Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Introduction
Classical Foundations
The Making of Class
Class and Class Consciousness
Culture Against Society
The Cultural Turn
From Social to Cultural History
The Language of Class
Foregrounding Others
Foregrounding Gender
Foregrounding Race
Class and Beyond
Conclusion